Control movieclip content from another one

[ksdesign2]

Hi everybody,

I am actually working on a CD interface in flash, in which I am trying to choose the best navigation method and working on it.

The menu movieclip containing the buttons is put on the stage, its instance is called "menu_btns".

1. The first method is to put my content movieclips directly on the stage and hide them using _visible property, then show the appropriate mc when a button is released.

I've written this in a frame on the stage:

stop();
_root.contentmc1._visible=false;
_root.contentmc2._visible=false;

and this on a frame inside the menu mc "menu_btns":

stop();
menu_btn_2.onRelease = function(){
_root.gotoAndPlay("content");
gotoAndStop(2);
_root.contentmc1._visible=true;
};

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2. The second method is to put my content mclips inside another mc called "itemscontent" on different keyframes and to show each keyframe when clicked on a menu button.

I've written this in a frame on the stage, and on each frame of the mc "itemscontent":

stop();

and this on a frame inside the menu mc "menu_btns":

menu_btn_2.onRelease = function(){
_root.gotoAndPlay("content");
_root.itemscontent.gotoAndStop(2);
gotoAndStop(2);
};

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Both methods didn't work, I wonder if I did a mistake somewhere.

Thanks for help.

[poltuda]

Welcome

A handhold example will more helpful to give answer.


poltuda

[ksdesign2]

ok,

here is the zip archive containing two source .FLA files, each file is based on one method.

Note : FLA files are created with Flash CS5